A fanatical birder blogging about Screech owls in owl box, backyard birding and wildlife in the Northeast USA.

3/04/2008

Limited bird ID quiz

I'm always trying to come up with new ways to get you guys to interact with me. A couple of weeks ago I posted some pictures that showed very little of the birds I was trying to capture in flight. Mike from The Feather and the Flower inspired me when he said that "even though I'm terrible at them I'm a sucker for "limited-info identification" (sounds better than "bad picture IDs," doesn't it?)".

Mike I figured I would run a few limited ID sessions to test the market for other suckers. Here are 5 limited ID photos - let's see how long it takes for someone to correctly ID them. BTW, these pictures were purposefully taken to show as little detail as possible...well that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Yeah Susan he really is ;-) In hindsight I think these were too easy, so the next round will be tougher. Maybe I need to make up a fake award and I can give it to the winner. If you win 5 awards, you can cash it in for a virtual toaster or something similar.

About Me

I'm a bird enthuasist based in NW New Jersey who spends most of his time backyard watching. Having two little kids doesn't leave much time for bird watching trips. I am hoping that my owl box will be used this year as that will give me plenty of time to watch owls - one my great passions! As you can tell I am a HUGE Green Bay Packers fan. I'm originally from South Africa and I've been based in the US since 1999.